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<div><b>IDEO U &amp; OpenIDEO - Data Analyst (Contractor)</b></div><br/>
<div>Join IDEO U and OpenIDEO in IDEO’s San Francisco studio.</div><br/>
<div>IDEO U is building an online learning platform that helps leaders from around the globe learn to unlock their creative potential and build their problem-solving skills. There is no shortage of challenges to tackle in the world, and we believe we need more creative leaders who can deeply understand diverse needs, think of radical solutions, and confidently experiment their way forward.</div><br/>
<div>OpenIDEO is an open innovation arm of IDEO, enabling people everywhere to use design thinking to collaborate in addressing pressing global issues. Over 80,000 people have participated in OpenIDEO challenge on topics ranging from improving maternal health through mobile technology to fighting Ebola. OpenIDEO challenges guide participants through a collaborative process based upon IDEO’s design methodology. Our challenges spark engaged discussion, new collaborations, and innovative ideas and initiatives.</div><br/>
<div>This role is a unique opportunity to join two of IDEO’s forward-thinking platform teams and help shape their use of data to improve their products and strategies.</div><br/>
<div><b>Role Description:</b></div>
<div>As part of these teams, you will see the results of your work as you help to evaluate learner behavior and engagement and impact of marketing initiatives. This role is for someone who is able to make the data sing, discover hidden patterns, and communicate the results in a clear and effective way. Often times the data is ambiguous and the problem is not well-defined - but in this role you will clarify both and move forward. You are always careful about validating your approach and delivering results that are both actionable and highly reliable.</div><br/>
<div><b>You…</b></div><br/>
<ul><li><div>Have a strong analytical skill set. You are a ninja with some combination or Excel, SPSS, R, Python, Matlab, or other analytical tools, and are comfortable using SQL to pull database reports</div></li><li><div>Enjoy uncovering insights from data, working quantitative methods to answer questions and find opportunities to improve user engagement, optimize marketing activities, and help to grow the business</div></li><li><div>Ideally, you have experience working with both small- and large-scale data in multi-method studies. However, we hope that you not only help pull together diverse datasets (via APIs), but also help create new data. This means you have some familiarity with experiment design, survey design, and response effects.<br/>
</div></li></ul><div>Responsibilities:</div>
<ul><li><p>Continuously improve the quality and accessibility of our product engagement and marketing performance data.</p></li><li><div>Assess and measure online learner engagement, completion and usage patterns of the learner experience</div></li><li><div>Mine and structure data to test hypotheses that will guide product development</div></li><li><div>Answer product questions by using appropriate statistical techniques on available data</div></li><li><div>Track and measure our marketing funnel to optimize our efforts</div></li><li><div>Support the team with business analytics and modeling to help grow the business and identify new market opportunities</div></li><li><div>Building dashboards and visualizations to make the data accessible to the team on an ongoing basis</div></li><li><p>Generating ideas for data analysis, then shifting quickly to execution.</p></li></ul><div>Qualifications:</div>
<ul><li><p>A bachelor's degree or equivalent in economics, statistics, math, physics, or engineering or possess other relevant training in data analysis.</p></li><li><div>1-3 years of experience in an analytical role at a fast-paced company, preferably in business insights or business analytics</div></li><li><div>You have solid statistical and data analysis skills (e.g. significance testing, regression modeling, etc.) and experience working with large-scale data in multi-method studies. You must have one statistical analysis tool you call home (e.g. SPSS, SAS, R, Matlab, and Python)</div></li><li><div>You have the ability to translate complex analysis and results into actionable insights for a non-technical audience</div></li><li><div>You have a self-starter mentality, a strong sense of ownership, and an insatiable appetite for learning</div></li><li><div>You have a team-oriented mindset and the ability to work with a wide range of individuals</div></li><li><p>You have a passion for online education and digital products experiences.</p></li></ul><p>Time Commitment:</p>
<ul><li><p>30-40 hrs / week for 6 months, with potential for full-time hire.</p></li></ul><div><b>To Apply:</b></div>
<ul><li><p>Please submit a cover letter and resume describing your fit for this role.</p></li><li><p>Please share 1 to 3 case studies demonstrating a time that you used quantitative data (with other inputs), to help a team generate a unique perspective that resulted in a positive change.</p></li></ul></body>
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